escrow

/eskˈɹəʊ/eh-SKROH
/ɛskˈɹoʊ/eh-SKROH

Meaninga slip of parchment

Common meaning: something held by a third party until a condition is met

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchescroe‘a slip of parchment’source
  2. Anglo-Frenchescrouwesource
  3. Middle Englishscrouesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa slip of parchment → something held by a third party until a condition is metescrow‘something held by a third party until a condition is met’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French escroe ‘a slip of parchment’.

Roots

  • escroe Old French “a slip of parchment”

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